In the second year of Chuping (191), before the Battle of Jieqiao, something happened that has been ignored by history. Gongsun Zan's younger brother Gongsun Yue was shot to death during a battle with Yuan Shao's subordinate Zhou Ang.
As a result, Gongsun Zan turned his anger on Yuan Shao, wrote a book about Yuan Shao's evil deeds, and then sent troops to attack Jizhou, southwest of Linzhang in Hebei Province. The two sides thus started a war for Jizhou.
At that time, Gongsun Zan defeated the Yellow Turbans and his reputation was at its peak. After he led his army into Jizhou, the counties and counties rebelled and surrendered to Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao was afraid of his military power and appointed Gongsun Zan's younger brother Gongsun Fan as the Bohai prefect. After Gongsun Fan arrived at the county, he instead used Bohai troops to attack Yuan Shao. At that time, Gongsun Zan's military power was very strong.
Therefore, Gongsun Zan appointed his general Yan Gang as the governor of Jizhou, Tian Kai as the governor of Qingzhou, Shan Jing as the governor of Yanzhou, and changed the prefectures and counties in Jizhou. At this time, Yuan Shaogang stabilized the internal affairs of Jizhou.
This is why Yuan Shao must capture Jizhou. This is the first time Bohai County has been lost, twice.
Moreover, the person who killed Gongsun Yue was none other than Yuan Xi's generals Zhao Yun and Changshan Zhao Zilong who were ordered to rescue him.
Liu Yan separatized Yizhou
In the second year of Chuping (191), the old fox Mu Liu Yan of Yizhou basically stabilized the situation in Yizhou, so he became more powerful.
At that time, all his sons were in Chang'an. Emperor Xian sent his son Liu Zhang, the captain of the chariot, back to Yizhou to explain the situation and hope that he would rein in the situation.
Of course the order was actually given by Dong Zhuo.
However, how could Liu Yan buy Dong Zhuo's account, so he stayed in Yizhou and never returned, so he separatized Yizhou.
Liu Yan was more ruthless and more accurate than the Yuan family, but he died a little early, otherwise he would be another difficult enemy to deal with.
In the summer of 191, in April, Dong Zhuo arrived in Chang'an. Previously, in order to stabilize the stability of the Kansai region, Dong Zhuo conquered Huangfu Song and returned to the capital.
After arriving in Chang'an. All the ministers came out of the car to greet him.
Dong Zhuo held back his hand and said to Huangfu Song, the chief censor, "Yizhen, are you afraid now?"
Huangfu Song said: "Ming Gong assists the court with virtue, and the Great Qing Dynasty is just around the corner. How terrible is it! If you succeed through punishment, the whole world will be afraid, how can you be alone? Song!"
Because of Huangfu Li's plea before, coupled with Huangfu Song's current situation, it is true that he can't make any big waves.
So Dong Zhuo graciously let Huangfu Song go.
Huangfusong is indeed old and his energy is indeed insufficient.
But I have to say that he is indeed a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, he would not have traveled thousands of miles back to Beijing. If it were Yuan Shao, he would have raised an army long ago.
After that, Dong Zhuo's followers wanted to respect Grand Duke Zhuo Bi and call him Shangfu.
Out of respect, Dong Zhuo asked Cai Yong for his opinion.
Cai Yong said: "Ming Gong's majesty and virtue are sincere and formidable, but compared with Tai Gong, I foolishly think that it is not enough. It is better to pacify Guandong, and the chariots to return to the old capital, and then discuss the matter."
Dong Zhuo knew it was not the right time, so he got off the donkey along the slope.
but. Dong Zhuo also sent Liu Qi, the lieutenant of the Sili School, to punish those who were unfilial as sons, unfaithful as ministers, unclear as officials, and disobedient as younger brothers. This is of course official talk.
The fundamental purpose was to attack the opposition. Because they had just been defeated and the capital had just been moved, there were too many opposition forces and undercurrents, and Dong Zhuo chose the most direct and effective method, killing.
Of course, it is effective in the short term but has huge long-term consequences.
In 191, when Yuan Shao attacked Jizhou.
In order to increase the success rate of conquering Jizhou, Yuan Shao, at Yuan Xi's suggestion, sent Xu You to lobby, Zhang Yang of Shangdang, and Yu Fuluo, the Southern Shanyu, who all garrisoned Zhangshui.
Of course, this is the strategy Zhang Hong taught Yuan Xixian.
The purpose was to support Yuan Shao and build momentum. Yuan Shao did not expect them to play a big role, just to scare Han Fu.
However, Han Fu thought that most heroes would return to Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shao later sent people to persuade him to surrender, which increased the success rate.
